i8o CHINA. 



found amicUl the fands to fupport the Takija, or wild horfes ;: 

 Wild Mules the DJJjikkeiei, or w'M mules ; and the Koulan^ or wild afs* 

 I refer the readers to p. i. 4. 8. vol. i. of my Hillory of Quadru- 

 peds, for an account of thofe curious animals. 



The Cbinefe empire in Tartary extends to the north as high 

 as Lat. 56° y.'. Its moft weftern limit is not far from the foutherii 

 end of lake Baikal^ in Lat. 51" 30', and Long. 100° 30' well from 

 Creenzvicb. It paffes fouthward, with fome irregularity, to the 

 kingdom of Thibet ; and has on that fide, as a difficult limit, the 

 prcat defert of 5'Z'^;;^(3. The northern houndary runs fuom the 

 fpot defined, near lake Baikal, eaftward for fome fpacc, thea 

 turns northward along a vaft and lofty range of mountains, the 

 more antient fcat of the Mongols^ and at their extremity, not far 

 from the fource of the river Aldariy in Lat. 56' 32', bends to the 

 fouth-eaft, and concludes in the fea, in Lat. 54" 30', to the north 

 of the vivtx Amur. All the tra6t between thefe lines and the em- 

 pire of China Proper are inhabited by Tartars, fubjetft to or 

 under the protcdion of the Cbinefe government. For the fur- 

 ther explanation, I refer to my friend the Reverend WilUa-m 

 Coxe's Ruffian Difcoveries*, and Mr. Arro'UGfmith\ M-ap of the 

 World; but above ail to the Travels of Father Gerbillon and other 

 Jefuits, who followed the progrefTes of the great Kang-bi, or 

 were employed in the adual furvey of his vaft empire. Their 

 travels are given in the fecond volume of Du Halde"^ Hiftory of 

 China. 

 Treaty OF . The boundaries were fettled in 1689 by the treaty of iVi?r/- 

 pinjk, upon the nvcv Ingoday in the reigns 01 John ?ind Peter^ 



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